Our client asked us to review their operations for easy wins that would reduce costs and improve their ability to focus on the core operations that earn a profit. One of the opportunities we identified is required the client is required to collect data from several remote locations, twice a day. Working with the client we identified a low cost technology solution that would collect the data, compile it into a database, and produce all necessary reports automatically. This resulted in freeing up operators from non-value add activities by over 2500 hours/year, reduced travel costs to and from the data collection points, and is providing more accurate and timely results.
Client Success Stories
Labor Utilization
Productivity Increases
The client was working on a construction project that was heavily regulated and had a compressed schedule. One of the larger issues was the labor productivity was less than 50% due to weather and other interruptions. We worked with the client to identify and develop alternative work fronts, within the project, that allowed progress to continue while bringing the labor productivity back to normal levels in spite of the impacts from adverse weather. The client asked us to conduct a follow on study utilizing much of the information learned during the initial study. We were able to make reccomendations for further improvements which will reduce cost to the client. Expected total savings to the client through the end of the project surpased $1M.
Cost Reductions
The client was faced with rising raw material costs and we were brought in to develop options for reducing costs, long term. In addition to other improvements identified during the study, we identified an opportunity to reduce a raw material cost by 6.5% by optimizing delivery locations and quantities. Recently we were brought back in to conduct a follow up analysis during which verified the client was still seeing the benefits of the original project, and identified further improvements utilizing technology that was not previously available, which will further reduce the cost.